Pearl gets room to grow

The ambitious expansion of the Pearl over the last decade is showing no signs of slowing, as a zoning commission vote this week cleared the way for further development. >>> Click through to see what life is like in the revitalized area >>> less

The ambitious expansion of the Pearl over the last decade is showing no signs of slowing, as a zoning commission vote this week cleared the way for further development. >>> Click through to see what ... more

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The ambitious expansion of the Pearl over the last decade is showing no signs of slowing, as a zoning commission vote this week cleared the way for further development. >>> Click through to see what life is like in the revitalized area >>> less

The ambitious expansion of the Pearl over the last decade is showing no signs of slowing, as a zoning commission vote this week cleared the way for further development. >>> Click through to see what ... more

Photo: Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News

Pearl gets room to grow

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Downtown’s landmark development project has plenty of room to grow after the city voted Tuesday to rezone several acres around the Pearl to allow for high-density development.

Silver Ventures, the development firm that billionaire Christopher “Kit” Goldsbury formed to build the Pearl, asked the city to rezone 7.9 acres of its land to “infill development zone,” a designation which allows for a variety of commercial and residential uses like high-rise offices, apartment buildings, bars and hotels.

The rezoned acreage includes the vacant Samuels Glass Co. warehouse and roughly 3 acres touching the Museum Reach stretch of the River Walk, which has sparked a development bonanza in north downtown since it was built about a decade ago.

The vote, on the Zoning Commission’s consent agenda, cleared the way for Silver Ventures to continue the ambitious expansion of the Pearl it has undertaken over the last decade. The firm has in recent years opened Hotel Emma, one of San Antonio’s most luxurious hotels, and Cellars at Pearl, the city’s most expensive apartment complex.

To read more about plans for the Pearl acreage, see Wednesday’s front page or click here to visit our subscriber website, ExpressNews.com.